have the same force and effect as the original of said recogni

zance.

SEC. 12. No recognizance, undertaking or bond taken in any criminal proceeding shall be void for want of form or of substance, or for omission of any recital or condition, or because the same was entered into on Sunday, nor shall the priucipal or surety be discharged, but the principal and surety shall be bound by such recognizance, undertaking or bond to the full extent contemplated by the law requiring the same, and the surety to the amounts specified in such recognizance, undertaking or bond, and no action upon such recognizance, undertaking or bond shall be defeated for any want of form or substance or for the omission of any recital or condition or because the same was entered into on Sunday, or for the neglect of the clerk to endorse or record it, but the recognizers shall be bound thereby to the full extent specified therein.

SEC. 13. When a surety in any recognizance desires to surrender his principal he may procure a copy of the recognizance from the clerk, by virtue of which such surety or any person authorized by him may take the principal in any county within the state and deliver such principal to the proper officer in the county where said principal is to be tried.

SEC. 14. If, without sufficient cause, the defendant neglects to appear for trial or judgment, or upon any other occasion when his presence in court may be lawfully required according to the condition of his recognizance, the court must direct that fact to be entered upon its minutes and the recognizance or money deposited in lieu thereof, as the case may be, is thereupon forfeited.

SEC. 15. The district attorney shall, as soon as such fact of forfeiture is entered, proceed by action upon the recognizance. Such action shall be governed by the rules of civil pleading so far as applicable. At any time after forfeiture the surety may pay the amount named in the bond, together with accrued costs, to the clerk of the court, who shall give him a receipt therefor, and in case such amount, together with costs, are paid before judgment, the action on said recognizance shall be dismissed.

SEC. 16. All recognizances taken to secure the appearance of a defendant to answer a criminal charge, shall be immediately recorded by the clerk of the court in book kept for such purpose, and in any action upon a recognizance bond the record of such recognizance shall be taken as primary evidence.

SEC. 17. All actions upon recognizance bonds shall be prosecuted to final judgment and collection unless the court, in his discretion, shall order otherwise.

SEC. 18. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 67.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT INCORPORATED CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES COLLECTING OCCUPATION OR OTHER TAXES FROM PERSONS SELLING VEGETABLES, FRUITS, MEATS, AND OTHER PRODUCE OF THEIR OWN RAISING.

House Bill No. 247 (as amended); Approved March 14, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. That no municipal corporation, either city, town or village, shall levy against or collect from any person in the State of New Mexico, any occupation tax, or other tax or charge whatsoever, for selling or peddling vegetables, fruits, meats, or other produce of his own raising, and no municipal corporation shall by ordinance or otherwise regulate or prohibit the selling or peddling of such produce within their incorpor ated limits;

Provided nothing herein shall be construed to permit the sale of such produce as may be injurious to public health.

CHAPTER 68.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 13 OF CHAPTER 54 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1915, AND RELATING TO BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND RESTRICTING THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS BY CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES.

House Bill No. 325; Approved March 14, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. That section 13 of Chapter 54 of the Session Laws of 1915, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 13. No county or incorporated city, town, or village shall ever become indebted to an amount in the aggregate including existing indebtedness, exceeding one and one-third per centum on the actual value of the taxable property within such county, city, town or village, as shown by the last preceding assessment roll, and all bonds and obligations issued or con

tracted in excess of such amount, after the time this act shall go into effect shall be void; but such limitation shall not apply to indebtedness for the construction or purchase of a system for supplying water or a sewer system for such city, town, or village. No incorporated city, town, or village shall be permitted to issue or negotiate any certificate of indebtedness, the payment of which is secured by a pledge of or lien upon any property, or the income or revenue derived therefrom, belonging to such municipality, and all such certificates or other evidences of indebtedness issued contrary to the provisions hereof shall be void.

CHAPTER 69.

AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOLS; PROVIDING FOR COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, PART-TIME SCHOOLS AND CLASSES AND PENALTIES.

Senate Bill No. 102 (as amended); Approved March 15, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. Children between the ages of six and sixteen years of age shall attend public schools of the state for as many weeks as the public schools in the district in which such children reside shall be in session, except that children actually attending private or denominational schools maintaining courses of instruction approved by the State Board of Education, those physically or mentally unfit or incompetent and those residing more than three miles from public school houses and to whom no free public means of conveyance to and from school are furnished shall be exempt from the provisions of this act.

SEC. 2. Children subject to the provisions of this act, between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years may be excused, by issuance of certificate of employment, from full time public school attendance, by the city or county school superintendents within whose jurisdiction said children reside or are employed, upon assurance that said children are then or in the immediate future shall be definitely employed in some gainful trade or occupation. The certificate of employment shall contain the name, age and residence of the child excused, by whom employed or to be employed, the last grade attended by the child and a recitation that the child is excused from full time public school attendance until the certificate shall be revoked.

SEC. 3. Whenever in any school district there shall have been issued fifteen such employment certificates there shall be established a part-time school or class giving instruction for not

less than one hundred fifty hours per year and for not less than five hours per week between the hours of 8 A. M. and 6 P. M.

SEC. 4. Whenever the number of hours for which a child over fourteen years and less than sixteen years of age may be employed shall be fixed by federal or state law the hours of attendance upon a part-time school or class shall be counted as a - part of the number of hours so fixed by federal or state laws, but nothing contained herein shall affect the right of employer to reduce the compensation of such child.

SEC. 5. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations concerning the establishment of part-time schools and classes.

SEC. 6. Whenever any school district shall deem it inexpedient to establish part-time schools or classes it shall present to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction the reasons for such inexpediency and the State Superintendent may excuse the district from the establishment of such part-time schools or classes if he deems such reasons sufficient.

SEC. 7. Parents, guardians and persons having control of children subject to provisions of this act are hereby made responsible for the public school attendance of such children and any parent, guardian or person aforesaid who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, after any school authority shall have given public notice of the substance of the provisions of this act, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than five nor more than ninety days, and in addition to penalty aforesaid, any parent, guardian or person having control of children subject to the provisions of this act who shall violate the provisions hereof shall be subject to the writ of mandamus at the instance and in the name of county or municipal boards of education or county or city superintendents of schools without consent of the attorney general.

SEC. 8. Any person, firm or corporation employing a child between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years of age shall permit the attendance of such child upon a part-time school or class whenever any such part-time school or class shall have been established in the district where the child resides or may be employed and any employer, firm or corporation employing any child over fourteen and less than sixteen years of age contrary to the provisions of this act shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each separate offense.

SEC. 9. The school officials charged with the responsibility of enforcing the compulsory attendance laws of this state shall also be responsible for the enforcement of the attendance

upon part-time schools and classes in accordance with the terms of this act.

SEC. 10. That sections 4960 and 4961, Code 1915, be and the same are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 70.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO CAUSE TO BE ISSUED A BOOK TO BE KNOWN AS "THE GOLDEN BOOK OF NEW MEXICO."

Senate Bill No. 10 (as amended); Approved March 15, 1919.

Whereas, by the blessings of Almighty God, American arms and those of her Allies have been crowned with a glorious triumph in the late great world war, in which the sons of New Mexico, as soldiers and sailors bore their full share, to the lasting honor of the state; and

Whereas, a grateful people will always cherish and revere the memory of those who by their blood and sacrifice have preserved and protected the liberties of the state; and

Whereas, some perpetual record should be made of the soldiers and sailors of New Mexico, as a lasting memorial to their honor and as an example of patriotic devotion for the emulation of future generations:

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

1. That the Adjutant General of the State of New Mexico cause to be made a book to be known as "The Golden Book of New Mexico;" which book shall be made of suitable and durable materials for a perpetual record.

2. That said book shall bear on its outer obverse side in letters of gold the words "The Golden Book of New Mexico" with the coat of arms of New Mexico underneath, and that on its outer reverse side shall be imprinted the American flag and the coat of arms of the United States of America.

3. That the said Adjutant General of New Mexico shall enroll in said book, in alphabetical order the name of every inhabitant of New Mexico who has served in the army or navy of the United States or of any of its Allies during the existence of the war between the United States and the empires of Germany and Austria-Hungary and who have not been dishonorably discharged from service; together with the names of the father and mother of said soldier or sailor; the date and place of his birth; his residence when inducted into the service of the United States